- Vulnerability/
- USN-6894-1
USN-6894-1: Apport vulnerabilities
First published: Thu Jul 11 2024(Updated: )
Muqing Liu and neoni discovered that Apport incorrectly handled detecting if an executable was replaced after a crash. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user. (CVE-2021-3899) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled connections to Apport sockets inside containers. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to connect to arbitrary sockets as the root user. (CVE-2022-1242) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled user settings files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apport to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-28652) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not limit the amount of logging from D-Bus connections. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to fill up the Apport log file, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-28654) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not filter D-Bus connection strings. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apport to make arbitrary network connections. (CVE-2022-28655) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not limit the amount of memory being consumed during D-Bus connections. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Apport to consume memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2022-28656) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport did not disable the python crash handler before chrooting into a container. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-28657) Gerrit Venema discovered that Apport incorrectly handled filename argument whitespace. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to spoof arguments to the Apport daemon. (CVE-2022-28658)
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/apport | <2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm4 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/python-apport | <2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm4 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 | |
| All of | ||
| ubuntu/python3-apport | <2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm4 | 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.30+esm4 |
| Ubuntu Ubuntu | =16.04 |
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Reference Links
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28656
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28658
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-1242
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28654
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3899
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28657
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28655
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-28652
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5427-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6894-1 (Advisory)
Child vulnerabilities
(Contains the following vulnerabilities)
- collector/usn
- source/Ubuntu
- anchor-related/USN-5427-1
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- agent/severity
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/references
- agent/title
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- package-manager/ubuntu
- vendor/ubuntu
- canonical/ubuntu ubuntu
- version/ubuntu ubuntu/16.04